From:
"Ann"
Date: 2007-07-01 02:35:36 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] acute renal failure/death
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
I was at the symposium and returned around 1am Tues. When I took out
Sam, I could tell he was ill. The petsitters report that they did not
notice any thing wrong with Sam, he was playing and active. Last
visit was Mon, mid-afternoon. Sam was a 3yr old neutered Peterson's
male. On Tues he presented with significant dehydration. wobbly when
walking. When I weighed him Tues morning he had lost 100 gms from the
previous week. I took him to the vet Tues morn. He received 50cc
fluids subq and was put him on an IV at 2cc/hr. He got weaker,
stopped eating on his own took Carnivore care & turkey baby food. On
Wed he became significantly jaundiced. Blood work on Tues indicated
bilirubin with hemolysis, acute renal failure, elevated creatine and
BUN. anemia. He had repeat blood work on Wed and the following values
rapidly worsened, T Bil, BUN, Creatine, Phos. He had decreased PCV.
TP on Tues was >10d but went to normal at 6.8 the next day after
hydration. She thought perhaps AIHA (autoimmune hemolitic? anemia)
but did not do a Coombs test(no time), Ultrasound was done Wed and
the gall bladder and liver were clear, kidneys very white. Liver was
swollen but had good margins. On Wed his heart had paroxysmal
tachycardia, not present on Tues. US of heart showed this as well. He
died Wed afternoon. Necropsy was done and she sent samples of the
right kidney, liver, messentary, deuodenum (sp?) and the whole heart.
Results will be back in a couple of weeks. Visual was the organs were
yellow, liver was discolored, she said it looked gray. She made the
comment that everything looked swollen when she made the first
incision and started to pull out organs. Also of note he had a
small, dime sized, irregular shaped foreign body in his stomach, this
piece had a very sharp point on one side. The object appeared to be a
very dark purple plastic something. What we don't know, I have been
unable to find the rest of this even after much searching of the room
he shared with his buddy. The vet said this had not been present for
long in his body because of it's appearance and the location and she
said it would have caused him major problems had it traveled any
further. We don't know what this is, therefore, don't know if it
could have had some toxic substance on it but I can say I do not have
poisons in my house, there are no household cleaners in that room.
Nothing new has been introduced in many weeks. We are stumped,
hoping the pathology will reveal a cause but I am posting to see if
anyone else has had a similar experience. If so please email me. I
am cross-posting this
Ann Hehl
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